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The Road to Wellville (VHS, 1997, Closed Captioned)

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This listing is for a brand new sealed copy of The Road To Wellville on VHS. This vintage tape is still brand new and sealed in its original shrink wrap and has never been opened or used before. Although brand new there maybe some small signs of storage wear including old stickers and small holes in the shrink wrap. The item in the pictures is the actual item being sold so what you see is what you’ll get. Thanks for looking!

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Based on the best-selling novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle, THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE satirizes late-19th-century health fads and medical procedures. The story focuses on Will Lightbody (Matthew Broderick) and his wife, Eleanor (Bridget Fonda), guests at the health spa of cereal mogul Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (Anthony Hopkins). The vacationing couple get more than they bargain for, however, when doctors separate the couple and force them to undergo an array of hilariously absurd medical treatments. Meanwhile, con artist Charles Ossining (John Cusack) and Kellogg's adopted son (Dana Carvey) plot to steal the doctor's coveted recipe for corn flakes. THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE's highbrow humor lies somewhere between the stinging ironies of Terry Gilliam's BRAZIL and the spontaneous, madcap wit of the sketch comedy television show THE KIDS IN THE HALL. As he displayed in ANGEL HEART and PINK FLOYD: THE WALL, director Alan Parker is wonderfully adept at combining magic and mirth to make movies that entertain while subtly pressing forth a pointed moral lesson. A whimsical film, THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE mocks modernity and industrialization and warns viewers that sometimes even supposedly enlightened minds can lead society astray.

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UPC0043396734234

eBay Product ID (ePID)3227613

Product Key Features

GenreComedy

DirectorAlan Parker

EditionClosed Captioned

Movie/TV TitleRoad to Wellville

RatingR

Leading RoleMatthew Broderick

Signal StandardNTSC

Additional Product Features

FormatVhs

Display FormatClosed Captioned

Release Date19970715

Film CountryUSA

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by karenleigh51
Oct 06, 2015
Great entertainment
I wouldn't classify this as family fare but once the kids are in bed, this is a fun movie to watch. The plot is simple and easy to follow so it's a "sit back, relax and laugh" sort of movie. There are some scenes which involve intimated sexual activity and some bare bottoms are shown at times but it is mild compared to the stuff on tv today. This is one of those movies that you'll want to keep as they don't make them like this anymore. Enjoy!
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